Comparison of the Effectiveness of Cognitive Motivational Multidimensional Intervention with Mind-Awareness-Based Stress Management on Educational Vitality and Target Orientation in Students

This study was aimed at comparisons of the Efficacy of cognitive motivational multidimensional intervention with mind-awareness-based stress management education on educational vitality and target orientation in students. This clinical trial design is pretest-posttest quasi-experimental research with two experimental and control groups among female ninth graders in Mahabad schools. 45 students were assigned randomly in 3 groups Using cluster sampling. The efficacy of interventions was evaluated by using the target orientation questionnaire and educational vitality Scale. The data was analyzed with covariance analysis method. The results showed that cognitive motivational multidimensional intervention and mind-awareness-based stress management education are statistically (p<0.05) significant on educational vitality and target orientation. Moreover cognitive motivational multidimensional intervention is more efficient than mind-awareness-based stress management education in both educational vitality and target orientation scales. cognitive motivational multidimensional intervention as a multidimensional method fosters a set of cognitive, motivational and behavioral abilities in students and has a high effectiveness on improving their performance.